It sounds like half the problem with my original K-5II. It would do
something like that about 1/3 of the time it malfunctioned. It started
out just missing an entire color channel recording a magenta image, then
the mirror started to filp but the shutter wouldn't cycle. Then the
mirror would lock up none of the other controls would operate, pulling
the battery would reset everything and it might decide to record an
image normally or magenta, or it might just start not cycling the
shutter or might lock the mirror on the next shot, not predictable in
the least at that point.
I managed to get it into diagnostics mode but the error codes were
especially unhelpful, and as I've reported it was less expensive to buy
a replacement from KEH than get it repaired. I expect that probably
wouldn't be true of a K-1, but I couldn't tell you for sure.
Unless you can get the camera into diagnostic mode, and get a listing of
the English language translations of the error codes, it looks to me
like a trip to Precision Camera Repair, (barf), or some other reputable
repair facility is in your K-1's future. That trip is probably true
anyway as repair is likely to require a procedure I wouldn't want to
attempt without access to a clean room.
In case you're wondering a diagnostic from PCR was $319.00 and KEH.com
said they'd do one for $300. At the time they both advertised that that
cost came off the top of the repair if you decided to have them do it.
On 7/22/2020 2:25 AM, l...@red4est.com wrote:
I'm shooting the comet, right now, and the shutter on my K-1 just stopped
working. I've tried pulling the battery, all sorts of things. No luck. I got a
few photos then it crapped out.
Any ideas?
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